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Termomeccanica Pompe further

asserts itself as a system integrator

The acquisition of the complex
contract for the supply of UAE’s
Mandous underground oil storage
terminal main pumps represents yet
another stepping stone
for Termomeccanica Pompe

Davide Cecchini, Key Account Manager,
Sales & Marketing, Termomeccanica Pompe
TMP signed a contract with
fter the recent acquisition of strategic Fujairah’s Mandous Project EPC
contracts in the UAE for the Umm
Lulu, Umm Shaif, Sarb and Upper “contractor, Korea’s SK
Zakum oil fields, Termomeccanica Engineering and Construction,
Pompe (TMP) further strengthened for the supply of sixteen Main
Aits position as a “system integrator” of
customized pumping units for the Oil & Gas sector Oil Line pump packages, for the
in the area. In fact, last October, the company largest underground crude oil
signed a contract with Fujairah’s Mandous Project storage structure in the world
EPC contractor, Korea’s SK Engineering and
Construction, for the supply of sixteen Main Oil Line
pump packages.
This project is particularly strategic, not only for and Upper Zakum fields.
the end user - Abu Dhabi National Oil Company The supply includes sixteen skids, each consisting
(ADNOC) - but also for the Emirate itself, as it should of horizontal between bearings, axially split,
allow Fujairah to establish itself as the primary oil double volute and double-suction impeller pumps
depot and commercial center of the area upon its corresponding to TMP’s BB1-type 450 DD 75
completion in 2022. model, equipped with elastic coupling, electric
With a capacity of 42 million barrels, Mandous motor with nominal power of 1850 kW, 4 poles and
will be the largest underground crude oil storage Ex-d protection, two auxiliary sealing systems plan
structure in the world. 53B with forced air cooling.
Eight of the sixteen pump trains will be used for
Three types of oil will be stored in three different crude oil loading while the remaining eight for crude
caves, each with a capacity of 14 million barrels: oil unloading.
one coming from Murban, via an existing onshore For the contract in question, Termomeccanica
piping system, and the remaining two coming from Pompe’s main strength has been its capacity to
Das and Upper Zakum offshore fields via tankers. play the role of system integrator and manage the
The centrifugal pumps supplied by TMP, designed complex supply of the remaining auxiliary systems
according to the API610 and DEP Shell standards, that will be installed outside the skid. These systems
represent the plant’s main pumps and perform the not only include the power drive systems but also
loading / unloading of the crude oil from the Das the machine monitoring and control systems. The

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